Dell Alienware M18x Notebook Review

February 4th, 2012 No comments

The sturdy appearance of overbearing

If the previous M17x, M15x has shaken your eye, that this M18x will let you experience what is called shock. Its design compared with the small brothers and not too obvious differences, but the entire body size increase, but makes the M18x is more like the aliens of Battlestar Galactica, and the design of the entire body is still exudes the style of postmodernism. , “Sturdy” word deserved, but also can really use this word to describe notebooks.

Alienware series has been synonymous with personality, a small minority the right to use it will inevitably focus on the overall quality of excellence worthy of DELL Studio 1535 battery the title of Alienware’s. Although compared with the previous generation work has not improved significantly, but can still be called for the top, just like its sturdy, stocky appearance, internal and details of the Alienware M18x also sturdy enough to let you impeccable.

In addition, we have from some of the details of the M18x body can be seen that the new product inherits all of Alienware’s exclusive features, cover the middle of a mysterious alien signs the bottom of the plate, the classic power indicator, these classic The elements combine to constitute the eyes of this overbearing “Battlestar.

A Alienware new, will be attracted numerous attention of the serious phenomenon of product homogeneity, Alienware, like a wisp of breeze in the hot summer, refreshing, revive the spirit. And more importantly, Alienware has gone beyond the simple attributes of the “product”, it has become a symbol, a banner, a deeply Dell Studio 1536 battery buried in people’s hearts desire.

Design inherited classic but the lack of innovation

Get M18x first glance it seems is black as the main colors of the body, but only under careful observation found that the body color is not pure black, but the use of very deep, dark close to black purple stressed this point from the top part of the roof rear middle part of the color contrast can be seen twelve.

“Change” the word, is easier said than done. Especially for this style of its own to send the product is even harder. ThinkPad T Series, X Series, invariably some people call, if there is one day really changed, people will believe that cursing more.

Alienware series also facing this problem, on the one hand, if in appearance to make a change, it must redesign the mold, which would increase costs; other hand, if the shape changes too bold, or take another kind of style is undoubtedly a thankless Thus, while Alienware’s innovative Dell Studio 1735 battery today seems there are deficiencies, but equipped with a variety of advanced technology on the entire notebook market, is it not the most cutting-edge leader?

Alienware series overall shape using the parallelogram design patterns, the M18x is no exception, and the benefits of doing so is to make the machine look more dynamic, compared with the ordinary product “smooth vertical and horizontal” design patterns, and more dynamic, also in line with the “alien” rather mysterious words give the feeling.

For notebook products, 18 inches can be called giant, although occasionally see some 20 inches or so “abnormal” products, but are in the minority, but also rare in the mainland market. The m18x uses a large LCD screen of 18.4 inches 1920 × 1080 pixel full HD resolution, pure color screen to display sharp, high quality, fully able to meet the high requirements of the user’s visual experience.

Equipped with a dual graphics cards, as well as the top Extreme Edition Core i7 processor, the M18x overall power consumption is bound to be much greater than a regular laptop under a lot of effort in the cooling system is necessary so that the cooling efficiency of the entire machine to obtain a valid improved. Distribution from large cooling of the body rear window, we can appreciate this point, the four groups a total of eight thermal windows can also bring more cool experience for the user.

The interface is one of the highlights of the M18x, thanks to the wide area of ​​the body, most commonly used on all interfaces which can be used to provide users with two USB 3.0 high speed XPS M2010 battery transmission interface, and configure the “luxury” to describe The m18x’s interface configuration will not be excessive, which also reflects the the M18x excellent scalability. The left side of the fuselage, we can see, including security keyhole, RJ-45 Ethernet port, VGA port, HDMI OUT HD output interface, mini-DisplayPort connector, two USB 3.0 ports, S / PDIF interface and a set of three pieces of audio jacks, line-up is very luxurious.

In the right side of the fuselage, the M18x to provide users with slot-burner, ExpressCard slot, 9-in-1 card reader, two USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA / USB interface and an HDMI IN HD input interface. From the body on both sides of the interface configuration is indeed integrates all common interface that you can think of, and based on the HDMI 1.4 standard HDMI IN HD input, that is, we can put M18x as a monitor to use, such as Xbox 360, PS3 and other consoles can be connected by an HDMI IN, in the image output on the M18x.

Details of the design classic still

Details Alienware series is worth pondering, especially large-size XPS M1730 battery products especially, the mysterious alien head logo, cool fashion of the variable keyboard backlight and so are Alienware proud capital, because some Once things become a “unique”, it is easy to leave a deep impression to the public. As deeply embedded in the roof the middle of an alien head logo, while other brands of high-end products many own unique LOGO, but which a more noticeable as the Alienware alien head, more people never forget it, simple shape, the combination of the design elements of the most visual impact, this is the success of a state.

In the author’s memory, just a few years ago, people still Notebook Should with the camera and debate because of the time, the camera is still fresh stuff, the cost is relatively high.

Moreover, external camera it is also very convenient, plus top of the laptop seems to be tasteless. But after a few years, the camera has become essential equipment of the notebook computer, on the one hand, it can bring great convenience for the user, on the other hand, its cost has dropped significantly due. As a top gaming INSPIRON 6400 battery platform, the M18x of course, ultimately, to be equipped with a camera, it is inlaid in the center of the location of the top of the screen, the actual use of clear, with a fun webcam software that allows your network to chat more fun.

The front of the speaker design is a major highlight of the Alienware family, the overall shape of the full sense of science and technology, while benefiting from the large-size body of space superiority to enable them to placement of a larger sound units, so the output quality is excellent sound effects. In addition, the front-end speakers and keyboard part also has a Bright backlight can be adjusted, according to their preferences, set the different options of fixed color or variable type, full of personality.

The reason why the Alienware M18x as “Battlestar” is because of its shape it is in a laptop is too big, “alien” to describe apparently is not quite appropriate, although other brands also have a 18-inch oversized models, but no one seemed to like the M18x sturdy, stocky, and this is the game this can really use the word “platform” to describe. We use the ruler to its body thickness was measured, probably about 5.3cm.

Alienware series Another classic design is a visual battery indicator in the bottom of the battery design has five trapezoidal LED lights and a button, users need only press a key, you can view the remaining battery under the boot situation, convenient,LATITUDE C800 battery easy to understand, it has also become one of the Alienware series of logo design elements.
In addition, at the top of the battery indicator, we can also see a metal plate, which is the Alienware series of personalized an embodiment, the user can put his own name or word you want engraved told the official staff, so that you can at the bottom of the body nameplate on the content, something which they want to make it more memorable, but also a status symbol.

Keyboard backlight Alienware series flaunt most highlights the details of the design engineers did not put the M18x’s backlight setting rigid, but by with AlienFx software with personality full of self-defined by the user settings, the backlight color is set according to their preferences, more dazzling, Alienware is also popular with users favor one of the reasons.

Comfortable multi-function keyboard

Alienware M18x Keyboard overall layout of the “alien” consistent design style, high-touch keyboard elasticity very good buttons back a sense of full key process relatively long for gamers, feel very comfortable. It can be said, as a high-end products, Alienware keyboard comfort is no doubt that a reasonable LATITUDE D630 battery key process control to ensure that this keyboard has a first-class feel. In addition, the entire C distribution of the number of function keys, the following will be detailed.

M18x keyboard traditional trapezoidal keycap design surface to create certain skin texture, skin-like material, very comfortable fingertip touch with ordinary plastic keycap, solid feel softer, richer texture. Taking into account the models of multi-faceted high-end gamers, more in line with the gamers use the touch control of key process design.

Gamers for gamers, especially athletic, they often need to deal with some of the more complex key combinations, such as World of Warcraft players often want to control two heroes, the continuous release of the skills, but also by micro to take place, controlling units, or even two-lane or multi-line operation, you want to maintain high operating accuracy, and indeed there are certain difficulties in the heat of LATITUDE E6400 battery battle, the Alienware M18x specifically for gamers set the corresponding custom keys, some of the more complex keyboard operation by a key, of course, can also be such as open web page to open the set of players and other conventional applications.

The upper right corner of the keyboard, M18x to provide users with ten multimedia shortcut keys, including volume adjustment, play fast forward, rewind and other commonly used function keys, the user through a small icon in the corresponding function keys, you can see its corresponding function. Therefore, we did not need to do too much introduction. Of course, the design of these function keys is very characteristic, looks like some kind of symbol of the alien, the entire product design features.

For a 18-inch notebook, with a small numeric keypad is required, is also indispensable, on the one hand, it can help us faster, more accurate digital input, on the other hand, for gamers. also essential, such as Warcraft, StarCraft, DotA games are more or less used in this part of the key group of players in these games is very extensive.

1920 × 1080 pixel screen resolution makes the M18x in the design of the VOSTRO 1700 battery touchpad, you must use a higher dpi in order to allow users to have a very smooth and controlled experience M18x in the surface of the touchpad also uses a touch of soft skin-like material, so feel very comfortable, the sensitivity and positioning accuracy control is in place, this is closely related with the overall high-quality workmanship.

The domineering pairs HD6970M alone significantly

Entertainment and gaming performance of the Alienware M18x is most proud of, focus on high-end gaming platform to build the ultimate goal is Alienware brand to the pursuit of entertainment experience, the M18x is superior to the current market must most products, we took the following we are most concerned about gaming performance, prerelease look at the game program to be able to run level.

The Alienware M18x excellence in graphics performance, the reason is that the model with the two children move level AMD Radeon HD 6970M discrete graphics, a single graphics card memory capacity of 2GB, and the most advanced GDDR5 memory. 3DMark Vantage Performance mode, its INSPIRON 6000 battery performance has been tested, and ultimately the GPU portion of the outstanding performance of 20 418 points.

By the following playable games schematic we can see that the red part of the higher quality smooth running of the game only “Crysis 2″ a, the other levels of the game can run smoothly. In other words, in addition to the market a few “Crysis 2″ with the level of the game can not be smooth at the highest quality operation, the other 95% of large-scale 3D games can run smoothly.

Top game weapon of epic proportions rival

If the DELL ALIENWARE M17X battery as a top gaming notebook is insufficient, it is no doubt that their work level for the previous generation slightly decreased, but comprehensive look at the overall quality, the M18x is currently the most powerful gaming laptop, there is no one. Intel Core i7 2920XM quad-core processors with dual AMD Radeon HD 6970M alone significantly composed of a sturdy hardware platform, coupled with 16GB of memory, 256GB SSD hard drive, the overall hardware platform it is not nothing to find fault with the same time the present the entire notebook market, it is difficult with its unbeatable opponent.

In addition, M18x Alienware all the classic elements of design to maintain, including alien head, self-defined keyboard Colorful backlight, high-touch keyboard, a classic element combination, constitute M18x this top game platform. 18.4-inch size screen the broad field of vision, thick, stocky body, it is worthy of the title in the “gaming platform”.

Finally would like to say is that, regardless of whether you like the design of DELL Alienware M15x battery the Alienware M18x, regardless of whether you think its price and its configuration to match or not, the M18x are to the top of a few people use, it is destined to the mass, which can not be widely Therefore, we did not necessary then cost-effective like the secular words to judge its merits, and appreciate, to make you feel its real charm.

Weight and thermal performance measured

In the evaluation of this section, we will have the Alienware M18x mobile performance assessment, focused mainly on the heat and weight of the two aspects, because the battery life for laptop of this size, the basic two and a half hours to about three hours, there is no much need to be tested, after all, few people will hold a meeting or travel. Therefore, we have some understanding to the battery specifications. We can see from the figure below, the model comes standard together 14.8V/96Wh lithium battery.

We test the thermal performance of the Dell Alienware M15x battery, the use of the FurMark software to make this machine run in the high load state, after about an hour’s time, the processor temperature is only 53 ° C, the core temperature reached 66 ° C, 63 ° C, 57 ° C and 54 ° C, a single sensor temperature from the point of view, M18x internal hardware of the overall temperature control is quite good.

Thermal imaging devices, the surface temperature of the test surface of body C and D surface. Among them, the keyboard part in contact with the user frequently a maximum temperature of 52.7 ℃, the highest temperature of the bottom of the fuselage only was 47.6 ° C, good heat dissipation. From the heat maps, we can see the red area the highest temperature for the surface of the keyboard, the red area is concentrated in the the upper left corner of the keyboard, while the bottom is concentrated in the body the rear of thermal windows can be seen from the M18x in the thermal design scientific planning, regular contact with the user’s wrist rest, touch pad areas the distribution of the cooling components, the use of feeling cool.

Finally, we tested this Alienware’s body weight, although it should be who would often stay a “Battlestar” to walk around, but we take a look at it in the end there are multiple. We use its electronic LATITUDE D830 battery scales weighing machine of this machine with a battery weight of 5.671kg, travel weight of 7.472kg, for a 18.4-inch notebook, the weight factor is not much reference value a.

Integrated hardware performance evaluation

Get this hardware configuration, the Alienware M18x is equipped with a 32nm process technology, Intel Core i7 2920XM Extreme Edition quad-core processor, equipped with Intel HM67 chipset, configured together high-capacity 500GB ordinary SATA hard drive and together 256GB SSD solid state hard drive, memory capacity up to 16GB, four 4GB DDR3 1333MHz speed memory, in addition, the machine factory pre-installed Genuine Windows 7 operating system. Graphics cards, the models configured with the strong performance of two children 2GB of GDDR5 memory AMD Radeon HD 6970M discrete graphics, we can say is by far the most outstanding performance of a notebook.

Before the start of the DELL ALIENWARE M17X batteryperformance test, we first AIDA, 64 CPUID tool to look at this Intel Core i7 2920XM Quad-Core processor, it is based on the 32nm process technology, the core code-named Sandy Bridge, the initial frequency of 2.5GHz Core frequency of use of 2.0 technologies to accelerate its frequency up to 2.9GHz, shared L3 cache is 3MB, the overall TDP of 35W, and support Hyper-Threading Technology with the latest AVX instruction set.

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White Version Of Gateway NV47H Notebook Review

February 3rd, 2012 No comments

Filling the pure white appearance

For the girls, usually with a white dress even more pure and lovely. We received this product also uses a pure white body design, although the surface of the fuselage in this machine do not have too many unique design, but the white color design is this the Gateway NV47H unique.

The Gateway NV47H is a 14-inch laptops, for domestic consumers, the product of this size are more likely to be accepted. Although Gateway is the first American brand, Acer acquisition, and its Gateway S7300 battery products in the design style is also changing the Gateway product is no longer Europe and the United States the kind of rough, bold design, replaced by delicate and fine.

Can be said that this The Gateway NV47H is a versatile product, it can cater to the business office and entertainment applications. Since this machine for high-end fashion crowd, so we see the body surface of the woven texture of retro, unique decorative patterns can make the product even more endowed with grade.

Woven texture of the fuselage skin

This the Gateway NV47H top cover using a pure white design, and the surface is also printed on woven texture. We see the body of this machine and not too many fancy modification just the right side of the Gateway name plate of a metal roof, which is also a common feature of Gateway products. In addition, the fuselage around the corner, smooth handling, this also highlights Gateway NV47H fashion style.

Screen configuration, the Gateway NV47H with a 14-inch glossy screen, the standard resolution of 1366 x 768. After the actual test, we found that the screen display of this machine is quite good. In addition, although the Gateway 450 battery configuration of the glossy screen is easy reflective, but relatively speaking, this screen has a better light transmission.

Is sunken screen axis but this is the maximum opening angle of the screen of the machine can reach about 120 ° can be said to have high flexibility. In addition, the sunken screen axis design can make the body look more calm.

The Gateway NV47H the keyboard is also a pure white design, although it appears unlikely to ban dirty, but the keyboard surface is smoothed, so the body surface of the dirt easier to wipe.

Simple and stylish design

This machine above the keyboard switch board design is very simple, we have seen above, in addition to the power switch is not configured any extra shortcut keys, which also reflects this Gateway NV47H simple and clear design concept.

The machine status indicator is located in the front of the body palm rest, even if the screen together can also clearly see them. In addition, we see that the palm rest surface is printed with a unique pattern looks very beautiful.

Interface design, the fuselage of this machine right side of the configuration DVD burner, USB and audio interface, the left side of the fuselage has two USB ports, HDMI interface, VGA interface, the interface of Gateway 7000 battery the network cable and power connector. It can be seen very well equipped the Gateway NV47H interface configuration.

Performance: high-performance hardware configuration

Can be said The Gateway NV47H is the product of an “Out” In addition to the gorgeous looks, this machine also has a relatively strong performance of the hardware. The most noteworthy is that this machine configuration VIDIA GeForce GT 540M discrete graphics, this card is in high-level discrete graphics, the current mainstream 3D games can use it to easily get to. In addition to graphics outside, this machine is also equipped with a Core i5 2410M dual core processor, clocked at 2.1GHz, with 2GB of DDR3 1333 memory and a 500GB 5400RPM hard drive.

As we mentioned before, The Gateway CX200 battery is a versatile, high-performance hardware configuration not only to meet the entertainment needs of the average home user, but also to meet the business people, office applications. We see the life of this machine for 3 hours and 12 minutes, the score is quite good. In addition, this machine uses a high-performance hardware, but its heat capacity is in the range we can afford within.

Cooling and endurance performance test

In the first part of the performance test, this Gateway NV49C battery mobile performance was assessed. First, we use electronic scales to be weighing this machine, the machine with the battery weighs 2.322kg, the travel weight of 2.838kg for a 14-inch notebook in the current mainstream heavyweight.

Thermal performance testing, we used FurMark software allows this machine to run in the high load condition, after about an hour’s time, the processor temperature rises to 75 ° C, the core temperature reached 75 ° C, a single temperature from the sensor point of view, the internal hardware of the Gateway NV47H overall temperature below 80 ℃, is not very high.

Thermal imaging devices, the surface temperature of the test surface of body GATEWAY NV79 battery C and D surface. Among them, the keyboard part in contact with the user frequently the maximum temperature of only 44.6 ° C maximum temperature of the bottom of the fuselage was 54.8 ° C, thermal performance is acceptable. From the heat maps, we can see the red area the highest temperature for the surface of the keyboard, the red areas are concentrated in the center of the keyboard parts, while the bottom is concentrated in the part of the left side vents.

Finally, we look at what the Gateway NV48 battery endurance? Battery specifications from the point of view, the model comes standard 48Wh lithium ion battery, Windows 7 life assessment of their endurance tested. The ultimate life of this machine for 3 hours and 12 minutes, is the current mainstream 14-inch average alone significantly notebook computers. Of course, this result can only be as a reference value of view, the actual performance of different applications based on user differences.

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Dell Inspiron 1545 Review

February 2nd, 2012 No comments

My daughter needed a laptop for school and it was time to retire her old 512mb machine. With an eye towards an inexpensive computer, we bought a Dell Inspiron 15 (Inspiron 1545). This is article is a cursory review of the computer.

Synopsis:
A capable, low-end machine, with a low-end video card, suitable for a student. I have no serious complaints about the machine itself, but hate the shiny-plastic cover.

I justified spending about $100 more than originally intended (total $520). But with this, I got an upgraded Intel processor, larger cache and 3G of RAM. Cheaper computers will come with Celeron or low-end AMD chips and 2G Ram.

If this were my personal DELL Inspiron 1545 battery machine, I would have upgraded the Video and I would have bought the Intel-branded Wireless Network card, but because my daughter would never know the difference, we kept the cost down. But in the same breath, many features on this computer are better than my high-end 2-year old XPS laptop and this computer is more capable than my then-expensive desktop.

The Good:

  • Dual Core Intel T4300 2.1ghz, 800mhz chip (upgraded)
  • 1M L2 Cache
  • 15″ Glossy Screen 1366×768 (but narrow viewing angles)
  • 3G DDR2, 800MHz; 2 Dimms
  • 7-in-one Media Card; Express Card Slot
  • 3 USB ports
  • WebCam 1.3mpx
  • External VGA port
  • Small power supply (physical size)
  • Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (nice) with physical media

The Unremarkable:

  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD (onboard Video)
  • 250GB 5400RPM HD;
  • Standard Dell-branded Wireless and Wired NIC
  • Standard Laptop Keyboard, black

The Bad:

  • High-glossy cheapo-plastic palm DELL Inspiron 1546 battery rest; always looks bad; greasy
  • Default lid-color is black; other colors cost an amazing $40.
  • No HDD light
  • Moderate amount of “crapware”; easily removed
  • Unable to build Recovery Disks
  • No separate FKeys; you must press an option-number
  • Viewing angles on the LCD screen are narrow

In the Box

The machine ships in a box that is slightly bigger than the laptop and surprisingly survived shipment. It was delivered ground and arrived 6 days after placing the order. The computer comes with itself, a power-brick DELL Inspiron 1750 battery, and the following external DVD media, which was a pleasant surprise:

  • Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Re-installation DVD
  • Device Driver and Diagnostic DVD
  • Application DVD: Cyberlink, PowerDVD
  • Microsoft Works 9.0
  • (Other software, downloadable from Dell)

Glaring Problems

The most glaring problem with the computer is the cheap-plastic surrounding the keyboard and the display. This is a high-gloss, shiny-black plastic that looks horrible after touching it. There is no way on God’s green Earth to keep fingerprints off this and it perpetually looks dirty. I am not a clean-freak, but this will keep me from buying this machine again. It is unbelievably annoying.

el’Cheap’o Issues:

It is hard to complain when you purposely bought a low-end machine, but 5400RPM hard drives? That is so 2007. And yet, this is what it shipped with. I suppose this will help with the battery life.

The onboard Intel Video card is ho-hum. Which is again, okay for a student computer. With another $50, I could have upgraded to a better video. Why care? The Video brought down DELL Vostro 500 battery the ‘Windows Experience Index’ (speed test) to a fairly low “3.8″. Almost all other indexes were in the upper 4.8′s and 5.5 ranges — meaning this machine isn’t half-bad, except for one component. Non-game-players would be hard-pressed to tell the difference.

At the risk of griping about the trivial: The computer comes in Model-T black. For an amazing $40, I could have upgraded to Blue or Red — percentage-wise, this makes for an expensive premium that is unaffordable. Imagine if Dell offered the same color choices for $10. I’m sure people would be happier with their new computer and it wouldn’t be such a thorn in the purchasing decision.

Software Crapware

As usual, there are things to un-install on almost every new computer. Here is a list of the software that was immediately removed:

  • McAfee 30-day trial
  • Microsoft Office trial
  • WildTangent Games
  • Windows Live (along with a half-dozen related programs)
  • Cozi Family Calendar
  • Microsoft SQL Server Express
  • Tablet PC Components

Dell’s DataSafe Backup: You can do better
I did have problems with Dell’s DataSafe backup. It claimed DELL Inspiron I1764 battery to make “Rescue Media,” but after several failed attempts, I gave up; it refused to write to the DVD. I suspect the Roxio CD Burning software was running interference. The other features (full-disk data-backup, emergency backup, etc), required a paid upgrade. Because of this, I de-installed the software and decided to rely on an Acronis backup (not included).

McAfee Virus Scanning: Yikes

When I saw a 30-day McAfee virus scanner was installed, I immediately thought of all my clients in the past few years who have had either McAfee, Symantec, or AVG. In each case, I found this class of software to cause more problems than the viruses they were supposed to prevent. In particular, Mcafee is downright abusive when it comes to renewing their software and many of my clients have gone so far as to cancel their credit-cards to avoid charges.

As much as I would like a full suite of virus protection for my college-bound DELL Latitude E5500 battery student, the overhead and hassles are not worth it. Instead, I opted to install Microsoft’s free MSE virus scanner and will rely on backups. Yes, I know this is not ideal, but I want the machine to run.

Microsoft Office 30-day trial: Yea, right

A 30-day trial version of Microsoft Office is also installed. Because we had no intention on buying it, it was immediately un-installed. If you kept the software, can you imagine what it would be like if you needed to re-install without the installation media? This is simply too risky for such expensive software. (Here is a secret: Our family uses WordPerfect for word processing and we love it. Admittedly, Excel is a glorious program.)

The computer comes with a copy of Microsoft Works, which is okay for light-weight work and as much as people laugh about it, it is adequate for grade-school and high school use. You can do better with WordPerfect.

Windows Live: Designed by a committee

The computer also came with Windows-Live. I’m not exactly sure what this DELL Precision M50 battery software does, but I know that neither myself nor my daughter use it. It was an adventure to un-install. Take a look at this list — each had to be individually un-installed and each seemed to require a reboot: Windows Live Essential, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Toolbar, Windows Live Signon Assistant, Windows Live Sync, and Windows Live Upload tool. This software must have been written by a committee. What a pain.

SQL Server? No fear

Remarkably, I found Microsoft SQL Server Express installed. I believe this was part of the Windows Live software (and the video-editing software that also came on the machine may use the same database). This was de-installed; I’m sure nobody will notice and the machine will be a lot faster without it.

WildTangentGames: A chance to shine, muffed

A free copy of WildTangentGames was installed and I was actually interested in keeping it. But when I launched the first game, the main menu was essentially a permanent nag, suggesting I upgrade to their premium content. I so wished I could start playing a game — but there it was,DELL Vostro V1720 battery right in my face, “click here to upgrade.” Can’t this be simple and unobtrusive? I didn’t need the hassle and it was un-installed.

Too Busy System Tray

Finally, with steps too numerous to document here, the System Tray had a half-dozen unneeded processes. Things like the Intel Graphics HotKey program, Touchpad icons, Datasafe and RecoveryCD’s — all are not needed. Everything is visible in the Start Menu or the Control Panel. It took almost an hour to clean them up and I am still struggling to remove the last of them.

WebCam Software: Fun

On the plus-side, the computer comes with webcam software that has been fun to use. We are looking forward to playing with this.

Final Conclusions:

The machine is decent and I’m confident it will do what it was designed to do. It is hard to fault DELL Latitude D530 battery for some of the pre-installed software, but it took a long evening of work to clean the computer. Sadly, you still have to be a geek to do it right. But the end result is a smooth-running, happy computer.

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Office Assistant Dell Vostro1450 Latest Evaluation

February 1st, 2012 No comments

Steady business style appearance of the black

Dell Vostro series is tailored specifically for small and medium enterprises growing entry-level business product, and therefore also the overall design is not too bright at all. The design to get the Vostro 1450 and Inspiron series is quite similar, but the style as opposed to the more spiritual family is more calm, more full of commercial properties, mainly through the body co-ordination between the material and process DELL Inspiron M501 battery to achieve. Here, we take a look at this entry-level business notebook product design aspects in which areas of concern?

Because it is a business notebook products, and therefore Vostro 1450 overall color to black, and with a silver waist decoration, which is the classic business notebook common color. The whole work point of view, the Dell laptop models maintained consistently high product quality, although a sense of the DELL NX618 battery inadequacy of the grade, but the body seams seamless, smooth transition to the edge of the fuselage, thick body gives a secure feeling This is a business notebook should have the best quality.

Vostro 1450 cover part of the ordinary engineering plastic, and add a layer of resin into the surface, and thus touch and feel different from an ordinary piano paint materials, while the top part of the stripes is also dense with fine grooves, Easy to avoid leaving fingerprints problems. But its drawback easier to accumulate dirt, user, it is best to promptly clean up from time to time, so able to maintain the overall aesthetics.

For business notebooks, personal products that best fit 14-inch, 15 inch too big, 13 inches is too small, the former is portable enough, the latter a greater impact on the field of DELL NX511 battery view, therefore, 14-inch business notebook for the business office is more appropriate. Vostro 1450 with a 14-inch screen, maximum resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels, although the 16:10 screen resolution is recognized as the best business of the screen ratio of 16:9, but nowadays the mainstream can bring better visual experience.

Most business laptops have sought to excellent portability, often in the body thickness and weight to make a fuss, but there are some products tend to the business overall security and reliability, Vostro 1450 belongs to the latter. Cover and the thickness of the fuselage did not deliberately to suppress, the body looks more thick rugged durability, plus consistent high quality Dell laptop work, Vostro 1450 for business users, this is a good choice.

Vostro 1450 back has some convex body, because of its more on the design of the battery slot after the screen axis while its design was unusual, to be part of the body surrounded by the raised tail, so the maximum screen opening and closing small angle. From the overall design point of view, Vostro 1450 although DELL PT650 battery not too many highlights to speak of, but quite satisfactory design more in line with the style of business notebooks, but will focus more on work, quality and other more practical aspects, but also for users build out of a reliable, high-quality business notebook.

Floating keyboard feel comfortable

The keyboard is the most frequent human contact with the part, so the keyboard feel is good or bad overall design and layout of the surface C is good or bad, directly affect the user’s actual experience and sensory experience, and for business notebook, does not need to design do a lot of live flowers, just need to keep the overall style of calm, while the keyboard feels to be a reasonable regulation, it can make users happy. Vostro 1450 at this point to do good, C face panel also mainly black, polished surface of the metal wire DELL RD300 battery drawing process, in line with business notebook calm, simple features.

Floating Keyboard is a nowadays more popular keyboard design, the advantage of keys and key between a relatively wide space, so even the dust into which you can easily clean up. The disadvantage of floating keyboard design is the key process generally shorter, the general feeling, however, Vostro 1450 keyboard key process control is more reasonable, or can feel comfortable using to describe.

Dell laptop F1-F12 keys are usually default to the appropriate function keys, F1-F12 keys original function through cooperation with the Fn key to achieve, Vostro 1450 is no exception, of course, if you are not suited for this design , you can enter the BIOS to switch.
We said earlier, Vostro 1450 C side panel with a polished metal wire drawing process, we are part of a close-up through the wrist rest can be seen that the model design of moderate DELL RU030 battery width wrist rest, and some products like Dell did not use a wide wrist rest design. In addition, the labeling from its wrist rest we can see that the SNB models feature a Core i3 processor platform, and when the machine is factory pre-loaded with Genuine Windows 7 operating system.

Vostro 1450 touchpad also uses a polished metal wire drawing process, and the whole side panel touchpad and C with an integrated design, the C side panel just below the surface of the touchpad, and touch pad left and right buttons are designed with a detachable, touch board design dpi moderate, so the overall control of fluency security in general, feel more comfortable to use.

Interface configuration is complete layout of the reasonable

For business laptops, the only steady and high quality design work is not enough, also need to provide scalability for the maximum degree of convenience. Here we take a look at this Vostro 1450 in the expansion of what are noteworthy?

Nowadays laptop camera is the essential thing, whether home users or business users, both in terms of both cameras offer a great convenience. Today, the network communication has become an important means of daily communication, business users in the video conference, remote communication DELL PP30L battery with customers, through the laptop comes with the camera can be a very clear understanding of their situation, therefore, Vostro 1450 is users with a webcam, located in the middle top of the screen, while the left side of the hole is the built-in microphone.

In the interface configuration, Vostro 1450 maximum to achieve a scientific layout, the front fuselage with a card reader slot, power jack and security lock slot and the two interfaces were arranged in the rear fuselage, sub- out left and right, such a design on the one hand to the side of the layout of the interface frees up more space on the other hand also in line with the layout of the interface of science, to enhance the user interface layout for the actual experience.

In the right side, Vostro 1450 provides users with two USB 2.0 ports, DVD burner and a set of audio jacks, set their eyes on the rear right side of the body relative to the USB interface DELL RD300 battery design set their eyes on the front end design, the use of more convenient.

In the fuselage on the left, Vostro 1450 provides users with a RJ-45 Ethernet port, VGA port, HDMI high-definition interface and a USB 2.0 interface. Overall, Vostro 1450 offers users a variety of common interfaces, and layout a lot of effort, rational and scientific distribution of the interface to provide users a good experience.

Weight, heat dissipation and endurance test

The business case for mobile performance, this is more important than the home, let’s move on to look at performance-related part of the Vostro 1450 case of How? First, we had them weighed. We see through the electronic scale, this machine is the machine with battery weighs 2.199kg, travel weight of 2.624kg, for a 14-inch notebook, its weight is 14 inches mainstream product standards, and not too prominent portability advantages.

In the thermal performance testing, we used FurMark software to make this machine run at high load condition, after an hour or so of time, CPU temperature rose to 72 ℃, respectively, the core DELL UM3 battery temperature reached 62 ℃ and 63 ℃, a single temperature from the sensor point of view, Vostro 1450 thermal efficiency of the system can be called excellent.

By thermal imaging devices, we face the fuselage C and D surface temperature of the test surface. Among them, the most contact with the user’s keyboard part of the maximum temperature of only 35.9 ℃, the maximum temperature of the bottom of the fuselage is only 36.9 ℃. From the heat distribution, we can see, the highest temperature of the red zone, the surface for keyboard, the keyboard focus on the left side of the red zone, while the heat is concentrated in the bottom of the window part. We see, Vostro 1450 overall thermal DELL WT870 battery efficiency is very high, the bottom of the keyboard and the maximum temperature even lower than body temperature, or flat, so it can provide users with a cool experience.

Finally, let us look at the Vostro 1450 battery life really like? From the battery specification point of view, the model comes standard with a six-cell lithium battery 11.1V/48Wh, we adopted the system comes with Windows 7 power management software for the assessment of their endurance, and ultimately the measured life time of 3 hours 33 minutes . Of course, this result only as a reference value point of view, according to the user’s actual performance will vary in different applications.

Comprehensive performance test machine hardware

In the hardware configuration, this got this Vostro 1450 is equipped with 32nm process technology Intel Core i3 2310M dual-core processor, equipped with Intel HM67 chipset, equipped with Western Digital 320GB hard drive, and 2GB DDR3 1333MHz memory speed, in addition, machine factory pre-loaded with Genuine Windows 7 operating system. In the graphics area, the entry-level models using AMD Radeon HD 6470M 512MB video DELL XT828 battery memory graphics card, and comes with Intel Core processor composed of two graphics cards capabilities.

Before the start of the performance test, we first AIDA 64 of CPUID tool to see Fengyun Intel Core i3 2310M processor, the basic information, which is based on 32nm process technology, the core code-named Sandy Bridge, clocked at 2.1GHz, the three shared level cache is 3MB, the overall TDP of 35W, supports Hyper-Threading technology with the latest AVX instruction set, do not support Turbo Boost technology.

Basic information about the processor, we use this software CINEBENCH R10 to assess its performance, the software is capable of single-and multi-core DELL Studio 1450 battery processor performance score given intuitive, Fengyun Core i3 2310M processor faster completion of all the test content, and ultimately get 3419 points its single-core, dual-core to obtain 7469 points, compared to previous generation Core i3 products, the performance significantly, among the current entry-level processor performance.

The Vostro 1450 together with a Western Digital 320GB hard drive, HD Tune we tested its performance. Screenshot from the test results, we see that the average transfer rate of this drive 65.1MB / s, the maximum transfer rate of 89.1MB / s, while the minimum transfer rate of 32.5MB / s, plus 22.4 ms access time , its overall performance in the ordinary SATA hard drive is more general.

Dell Vostro 1450 is launched for the entry-level small and medium business users of the product, so the graphics performance, only equipped with entry-level graphics card, but did not use a professional graphics card. AMD Radeon HD 6470M with 512MB GDDR3 video DELL YD120 battery memory alone was the capacity, 32bit memory interface, showing that its performance is more general.

Finally, the overall performance of this product was tested using the software for the PCMark Vantage, which is a common comprehensive performance assessment notebook software by simulating the user a variety of practical applications, applications for all aspects of daily notebook gives the corresponding the assessment results.

Good choice for growing companies office

Growth for small and medium enterprise customers, when buying a laptop DELL Vostro 1440 battery notebook products will be more emphasis on cost and quality, therefore, both start from Dell, the user launched this Vostro 1450. Evaluation of entry-level models feature a hardware configuration, the overall performance for the business office applications, has been sufficient, HD 6470M graphics card graphics performance, although performance in the more general, can not successfully run high-quality stand-alone game, but still able to for business users with sufficient graphics performance support.

In design terms, Vostro 1450 overall style is simple, adhering to the practical philosophy, one for business users to create a steady, reliable office platform, on the other hand also to maximize cost savings, allowing the consumer to provide such a low price. In fact, Vostro 1450 than in the design of products for the same price, but also worse, C surface of brushed metal panel a welcome addition.

In addition, DELL Vostro 1450 battery where most people feel satisfied, that is, the whole cooling system, from the actual test run, the model is very high thermal efficiency, which used to be thanks to its advanced turbo fan cooling design, the bottom of the body inhaled into the air will be cold, and heat pipes to enhance heat dissipation with efficiency, give the user a cool experience, which for a business notebook, it is very important, but also to attract users to add more chips.

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ASUS Fresh Orange Version Of VX7 Notebook

January 30th, 2012 No comments

Has been a sleek sports car, performance, sharp handling synonymous, known as “bull,” said Lamborghini even amplified to the extreme of these advantages. Asus VX7 field as a new generation of notebook Jisu Wang who, not only adhering to the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640′s famous super consistent run wild characteristics, but also had a breakthrough Acer Aspire 2930 battery escape the usual yellow, black line, the whole covered with beautiful rare orange , extravagance pressing.

Interpretation of classic design aesthetics of the new model

In order to show the real Lamborghini supercar dynamic charm, Asus VX7 Murcielago LP640 body to follow the original lines of the design and shape of the rear spoiler; coupled with an innovative low to high before the unique body design and LOGO logo, well-cf blue Bo Jini as a super-race which created a special Y-shaped taillight design, increased cooling air supply and improve the thermal efficiency at the same time reveals all its uninhibited wild.

In order to increase a sense of seamless machine, Asus VX7 full coverage using the bottom of the thread-free chassis design, you can instantly bring a unique ultra-running Acer Aspire 4720 battery visual impact. Fresh off the cover car VX7, you will see a patchwork of function keys and power button like the super sports car in the center console; LED backlit keyboard and wrist rest part is the ultra-comfortable soft composite materials, in your no intention to touch has been dependent on the palm of your hand between the notebook.

Second-generation quad-core Core standing proudly peak speed

Uphold the “bull” the same for speed belief, ASUS EEE PC VX6 battery equipped with a second-generation Intel Core i7 2630QM quad-core processor, the speed of this kind of competition to the few people’s daily life. At the same time by dynamically increasing the frequency of the Intel processor 2.0 Turbo Boost technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and a perfect fit for visual intelligence has been greatly optimized, either single or multi-run program in computing speed have been significantly upgrade, so you have a moment Asus VX7 been standing proudly peak speed.

In addition, Asus VX7 also uses GDDR5 memory size of 3GB NV GeForce GTX 460M discrete graphics chip, up to 15471 in 3DMark2006 score, once again demonstrated the strength of the wild car sturdy performance. With a 16:9 golden ratio has no tube design of the LED backlit screen, and further for the user create a dynamic and realistic and delicate quality. Plus 5 times the recording ASUS VX2 battery capacity of an ordinary CD-ROM Blu-ray drive and 1.5GB maximum support large-capacity dual-drive design, and thus satisfy every enthusiast’s collection of long-term storage needs.

Prestige only you exclusive

In addition to its speed performance with luxurious appearance, and global limited-edition Murcielago LP640 supercar, like Asus VX7 returned with a full set of pilots each tailored leather bag, special mouse, mouse pad, mouse, velvet cloth cover / protection and beautifully packaged gift bags and other exclusive Acer Aspire 4920 battery accessories, and marked on each VX7 who have a unique number, so that individuals distinguished only exclusive driving experience.

Status has been in the high-end mass production ASUS VX series has always been small, of course, for most consumers still in the distance, the more sense. However, according to sources, the series has always been very popular models, and guess what became of these notebooks over who ran the car, but also for the noble family of anti-Tim more mystery.
Recommended ASUS EEE PC VX6 battery configuration:

VX7XI263-BL/78NVEXBB (black): 15.6 “16:9 Full HD (1920×1080) LED backlit / i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, the highest frequency single-core 2.9 GHz) / 8GB/750GB / NVIDIA GTX 460M +3 GB GDDR5 / in built Blu-ray Combo drive / 802.11n / Win7 Home Premium
VX7XI263-BL/78NVEXBB (orange): 15.6 “16:9 Full HD (1920×1080) LED backlit / i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, the highest frequency single-core 2.9 GHz) / 8GB/750GB / NVIDIA GTX 460M +3 GB GDDR5 / in built Blu-ray Combo drive / 802.11n / Win7 Home Premium Acer Aspire 4732Z battery

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HP Pavilion dv4 AC Adapter

January 17th, 2012 No comments

18.5V 4.9A 90W HP Pavilion dv4 Power Supply. The quality of this pavilion is certified as well by RoHS and the CE to name a few. Cheap price and high quality!

This HP AC Adapter is ideal for use with yourHP Pavilion dv3z battery Laptop. The High performance AC Power Adapter pictured here provides consistent and continuous power at the specified Voltage and up to the Maximum specified Amperage. These AC Adapters are manufactured to the highest standards and use state-of-the art technology to ensure years of trouble free performance. This meets or exceeds OEM specifications and is fully compatible with the Notebook part number and devices specified here. All our AC Adapters are fully guaranteed against defects in material or workmanship. Do you carry your Laptop to and from work? Lighten your travel load and eliminate hassles with a separate HP Pavilion dv4 Power Adapter that’s ready for you when you get there.Replacement HP Pavilion dv4 18.5V 4.9A 90W Power Adapter-This is a brand new replacement with power cord. High quality HP Pavilion dv4000 battery replacement provides your HP laptop with safe and reliable power.Plug in and use your laptop even without the battery, extending battery life. The quality of this Replacement 18.5V 4.9A 90W HP Pavilion dv4 Power Supply is certified as well by RoHS and the CE to name a few. Cheap price and high quality!The Replacement HP Pavilion dv4 Power Adapter has high efficency and high reliability. It is guaranteed to meet or exceed OEM specifications. # Amps are another thing to consider on . Amount of current is measured in Amperes also called Amps or A. Most Hewlett Packard notebooks require 2.7A – 6A. Majority of them with 3.5 to 4.9A.
A charger with higher amps will work on a laptop that requires lower amps. For example if your laptop needs a power supply of 2.7A then a 3.5a or 4.9a will work on your laptop. But if your laptop needs a 4.9a then a 3.5a or 2.7a will not work on your laptop.
# Wattage is another factor on the hp ac adapter. Watts also called as W. Watts are calculated as Volts multiplied by Amps. So W = V x A. So if your HP laptop requires 19.5V 3.34A then it will be 19.5 x 3.34 = 66.5w. So you will need to buy a 65w charger.
Note that most of the chargers will not exactly HP Pavilion dv3-4000 battery provide Watts; you can safely buy the charger as long as Volts and Amps are matching.
A power supply adapter with higher wattage will be advisable for your notebook. For example if your computer has 19.5 and 3.4a then you may consider to buy 65watts adapters. If your laptop needs 4.62a then you must buy a 90watt power cord.
# Last point to consider is connector tip that connects to the computer.Basically, comprise of 2 ends. One end is male power outlet. You use this end to plug into wall power outlet. The other end is called “TIP” which you will plug this tip into the “DC IN” in your laptop. Your laptop won’t work on the wrong tip. You can only use the ” matching Tips”

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Lenovo Ideapad Y460 Notebook Review

January 12th, 2012 No comments

Details at the stylish body that is still significantly improve the user experience

Small Y Y460 pattern is still the A side Hang, coupled with the tone of silver-based black and white Lenovo LOGO and patchwork patterns to form a harmony, and this supposedly inspired by the Chinese style pattern is well interspersed with the A side surface of the Y460.

A surface of said protective performance, we use your fingers to press the result will be a slight subsidence, but still to a certain extent, to ensure the protection of the LCD screen.
B side and C side still maintained a small Y-series design style, B side on the screen border around the center of the camera have a microphone hole, this array is designed to ensure that the pickup is also popular the design.

Y460 of the C-face design is still abundant, the order of the keyboard area above the power switch, status lights and shortcut function keys, in which the functional Lenovo IdeaPad Y470 battery areas of the left and right sides were also designed a relatively large diameter of JBL speakers, the maximum putting the laptop to ensure the sound effects.

The keyboard area is still use the same color with the body panel colors, the main keyboard keys are standard size with a design, but has a larger gap between the buttons, buttons through the frosted surface treatment, key-way medium, has a relatively good use of touch.
Y460 of the right palm care position is very crowded, of course, the large and small, crowded by a bunch of hardware and software that identifies the cause, and from these identities, we see a small Y Y460 sturdy: 32nm Core i5 processors, graphics cards support switching function of the ATi graphics card, Windows 7 operating system, Dolby audio certification, etc. are telling us the sturdy performance of this Y460.

Absolute configuration of the Lenovo Y460 comprehensive interface, we can find in the body, including three independent USB2.0, 1 a USB2.0/eSATA mix, 1 HDMI, 1 Ge RJ45, 1 个 D-SUB, a group of audio input and output interfaces, while Y460 is also equipped with a SD / MMC / MS multi-card reader, can fully meet user demand for mainstream applications.
In addition to user convenience, Lenovo Y460 is also the Lenovo IdeaPad B560 battery right of the front body designed a graphics mode switch and a wireless network switch, the user can use according to their need to turn off the corresponding functions.

Y460 is still using a removable bottom plate design,the user can according to their needs for hardware upgrades.

Hardware configuration Core i5 430M + HD 5650 constitute the mainstream application platform

Y460 uses Intel Core i5 430M processor, this processor uses the latest 32nm process, clocked at 2.26GHz, Core frequency technology through the growth can be achieved after the 2.53GHz, while the frequency value with the current mainstream mobile processors T9400 and the P8700 quite. Core i5 430M three-level cache is 3MB, dual-core processor supporting HT Technology and, four threads with dual-core processing power, thermal design power TDP 35W.

The chipset side, HM55 to replace the PM55 as the new Core Duo processor, intimate partners, and PM55, like, HM55 chipset is codenamed Ibex Peak-M, with the previous mobile chipsets based on desktop chipsets, PM55 chipset is derived from the H55 chipset on the desktop. And PM55 only support i5, i7, the new chipset is Intel HM55 in line with the built-in graphics processing units and introduction of new processors, the processor can provide comprehensive support. HM55 also used a single-chip architecture, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560 battery memory control unit (IMC) has been integrated in the processor, so it does not commonly known as the Northbridge MCH (Memory Controller Hub), only one platform control unit PCH (Platform Controller Hub) the burden of the past, single-chip commonly known as the PCI Express controller and Southbridge chips ICH (Input / Output controller hub) provides functionality, compared with two-chip architecture, single-chip power consumption and heat has become more an advantage, both to help the laptop more good heat dissipation or improve endurance capacity, is a good premise. While less of a chip, motherboard makers can design more compact, while the thin and light notebook, lightweight help. HM55 chipset can support up to six SATA 3Gbps ports (including eSATA), eight PCI-E 2.0 x1 port, 14 USB 2.0 ports, Hanksville GbE MAC Gigabit Ethernet Controller, Matrix Storage Matrix Storage Technology, High Definition Audio High Definition Audio, Management Engine Ignition Firmware technologies.

Y460 using the ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics card and Core i5 built-in Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD integrated graphics combinations, two cards can be dynamically switched, ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is the latest support DX11 ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series graphics cards in a higher position of a product, its performance with the current ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4650 quite.

This graphics card is based on 40nm process technology, and information obtained from the current point of view, HD 5650 has 400 stream processors, 20 texture units, 8 raster-based unit, the core frequency of 450-650MHz, memory frequency 800MHz, floating point computing power for the 360-520GigaFLOPS. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 can be used with 128-bit GDDR3/DDR3 memory, support DX11 and OpenGL 3.2, integrated Lenovo L08S6DB battery UVD2 hardware decoding engine that supports PowerPlay, PowerXpress, Swithable Graphics and a series of energy-saving technologies, thermal design power TDP of 15-19 watts.

In storage systems, we have received Y460 comes standard with 2GB DDR3 memory, the memory using a Elpida EBJ21UE8BDS0-AE-F 2GB DDR3 1066MHz memory, running the 32bit operating system for the average business user users, such as memory capacity sufficient to meet the vast majority of mainstream applications, and running a number of large-scale commercial software applications, but we recommend users to upgrade the memory to 4GB, to better adapt to the future period of time may increase the load of applications.

We received this prototype using a HITACHI HTS725032A9A364 2.5-inch hard drive, this hard drive capacity of the 320GB, same speed as high as 7200, a good solution to the notebook hard disk bottlenecks, but also for those who seek the performance of the business provide a good basis for the application. This 7200 support SATA-II interface, can be effective with the PCH, to achieve faster transfer rate of 3.0Gbps.

Network communication capabilities, Y460 with a Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet wired network with Intel (R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN wireless card with the way. Intel (R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN wireless card can support 802.11 b / g / n protocol, while Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet wired network card support 10/100/1000M network connection.
In the interface and expansion Lenovo L09N6D16 battery capabilities, this Y460 notebook has 3 USB2.0 interface, an HDMI interface, a eSATA/USB2.0 mix, a D-SUB interface, an RJ-45 and 1 set of audio, Mike combination of interfaces, in addition to a built-in SD / MMC / MS card reader, to meet the needs of the vast majority of everyday use.

System evaluation and performance testing core hardware

We use a series of test software to determine the actual performance of this Y460, in the test, we installed the English version of Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Version 6.1.7600 version of the operating system to be tested. Test content will include a systematic review, PCMark Vantange other variety of test software.

Windows Experience Index score is the Windows built-in computer performance evaluation system for notebook computers performance testing. Evaluation software on the processor, memory, graphics, game performance, the main hard drive performance of the five components are given the Lenovo 410 battery appropriate score to help ordinary users to quickly determine the balance of the system and the basic performance of each subsystem.

In HD Tune Pro test, this Hitachi 320GB hard drive performance makes us feel quite satisfied with the hard drive’s average transfer rate of 69.7MB / s, seek time was 19.7ms, burst transfer rate of 63.7MB / s, CPU occupancy rate of 5.1%, from such a performance point of view, this 320GB hard drive capacity sufficient to meet most of the daily work and entertainment needs.

Powerful home entertainment machine performance testing to bring outstanding

entertainment experience configuring

Part in the machine performance testing, we mainly use the PCMark Vantange software testing, PCMark Vantage is Futuremark released a new generation of PCMark benchmarking software to measure all types of PC’s overall performance. Compared to the previous version of PCMark06, PCMark Vantage with the overall structure of the more obvious changes from the previous several Lenovo IdeaPad Y460 battery subsystems according to PC gradually divided into sub-items according to use, closer to the user’s actual use, but also more focused on the user’s reference value larger. It canceled the original processor and graphics sub-items, retained the overall score and HDD (hard disk) two children, while increasing the Memories (memories), TV and Movie (video), Gaming (games), Music (Music ), Communication (communication) and Productivity (productivity) of several new projects. More suitable for measuring PC performance for home entertainment.
Actual power consumption test

We also tested the actual power consumption of this product, we have tested this product in the three state power consumption. We use UNI-T UT71E intelligent digital multimeter for testing equipment, were determined to connect the power but not turned on (not loaded), the boot is completed, no action within 5 minutes, but do not sleep (non-charge state) and the boot is completed, loaded processor, disk work at maximum throughput (non-charge state), the power situation.

In a situation with integrated graphics, Y460 power are 0.3W, 16.3W and 35.8W, while the graphics card for use when it rose to 24.4 watts and 51.6 watts, this test data and market some of the similar configuration notebook products, power consumption in standby mode at a same level, while running under high load power consumption targets will have higher than similar products. This test data indicate that this product uses a high-performance parts, so its power consumption is also to be seen, users enjoy high-performance, while bound to bear the resulting high power consumption.

Heat test

In this test session, we adopted the FLUKE Ti25 thermal imaging equipment on this product heat conducted a test to test the laptop main measure C, bottom heat and the temperature of the mouth. In tests, we use the EVEREST software, select the System Stability Test, check all items, 15 minutes after the test, we measure Lenovo IdeaPad Y460N battery the indoor temperature, the test data to make the reader a more intuitive understanding.

Position in the vents, the highest measured temperature is 53.3 degrees Celsius. From the temperature of the test results, this notebook is relatively normal for heat control, high-intensity users in a long time when you feel comfortable with, who often need to text, graphics, etc. dealing with business users, this product High heat will make them feel inconvenient in use, and for the 3D gaming applications-oriented users, the game takes a long time because of high work load, it is difficult to get a good use of user comfort.

Core i5 help small Y leap again, switchable graphics technology balanced performance and power conflicts

As a use of the latest Core i5 processor, notebook, this Y460 nuclear power plant with a 32nm dual-thread i5 430M processor, HD 5650 discrete graphics, high-speed large-capacity hard drives and high-speed memory to provide users with excellent overall performance can be said to some extent, to ensure continued “sturdy” as well. Core i5 processors with Turbo Boost technology, dual-core four-thread processor capabilities to ensure users that require high computing performance with the application processor running smoothly, and support high-performance discrete graphics Lenovo IdeaPad Y460A battery switching technology with Core i5 built-in integrated graphics processor is a good balance of graphics processing power and high power consumption of the contradiction between, so that users can do without high-performance graphics processing power, integrated graphics to reduce overall power consumption, to the purpose of extending battery life.

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First 3D ASUS G51J Notebook Experience

January 6th, 2012 No comments

Among the many entertainment products, the configuration of the ASUS G51J strong stand, but the grips, you will find it not just a performance expert, looked at some of its top to bottom into a large number of “themes”, bring out the Asus Republic of Games series of extraordinary.

ASUS G51J using the popular HP Imprint of the roof, after pressing our opinion, it’s hardness and support force performed well, of course, will leave ASUS M6800 battery fingerprints, but fortunately, under the deep blue background is not so obvious.

Compared with the material, body cap of graphic design is a major highlight of this machine, you can think of it as an ocean, or the limitless universe. Central location is printed with eye-catching blue flame, sharp styling, very personal.

Whether ASUS ‘Lamborghini “or” game state “, cover the central symbol of their identity are designed, with a touch of white backlight on, printed with” Republic of Games “eye-catching word shield logo, the bottom and left and right side were also designed with decorative lights, which can be player controlled.

Overall, the ASUS G51J first impression is stunning, and active during the ASUS M7 battery day and a large body of color it can not help to try hands at night, the whole quiet blue light caused by a strong mystical sense, and constantly to stimulate people’s curiosity, the premise is that you must be its owner.

Crafted details of the design after

General large-size notebook gives the first impression is always rough, full of wild, but when you use over time, you will discover that some 15-inch models, the easy way out of a small design always play a finishing touch effect, let us look at Asus’ game country. ”

ASUS G51J is equipped with a 200W pixel camera, image quality camera than the average outstanding number of one million, compared with the output quality, exquisite workmanship and trim to make it quite eye-catching.

For now, the keyboard is a notebook with chocolate to follow the practice of fashion, and in the backlit design is based on the use of more prominent of the “flip” element.

ASUS gives the machine’s theme is “game state”, we see that the wrist rest at the printed “Republic of Games” words echoed with the theme, different from other gaming notebook.
ASUS G51J C-face is not in the same material, but by the piano, and special paint coating composition, which makes the keyboard area looks smooth wrist rest at the more jerky, resulting ASUS R2 battery in a unique visual difference. I believe that after use, they feel it is quite delicate.
Cameras were designed on both sides of a line of rubber, used to protect the native 15-inch screen, have to admit, this symmetrical layout has a certain decorative effect.

Finally, the designers placed in the bottom of the fuselage of a huge subwoofer, with the C side of the two Altec Lansing speakers to send bass, embedded with metal trim, more refined.

Manipulation of experience can not be ignored

As a game of this, fashion modeling and robust configuration of only one hand, as the most frequent contact with the body parts, keyboard feel is undoubtedly a direct impact on operating experience.

The use of large-size mold ASUS G51 in the C layout can be said to ease, there are speakers, system status indicators, shortcut keys, keyboard and touchpad, use and no cramped feeling.

Keyboard feel, the use of the machine a full-size keyboard, display the font on the keycap clear, also equipped with a numeric keypad, which some sports games players is very important. We believe that after a period of time, ASUS G51J with a chocolate keyboard key process slightly shorter, although ASUS 70-NHA2B2000 battery not card fingernails, but to meet some of the games appear to be amateur.

All the week, “W, A, S, D” is used a lot of game keys, G51J designers on these four buttons labeled “up, down, left, right” pattern, make it more ” game country “flavor.
Native left at the bottom of the keyboard touchpad, the board is made using the material matte feel, good positioning accuracy performance, brushed metal material was left and right buttons, the touch area of ​​the light design is to help players quickly locate touchpad position.

The layout of the interface

Personally think that the 15-inch notebook in the interface layout has inherent advantages, on the one hand to do “all”, we must also take care of the user experience, that is, we often say ASUS 70-NI51B2000 battery that the interface is reasonable.

For gaming laptop, the hardware-generated heat can not be ignored, so the thermal design of the fuselage on the left window is a better choice, in addition to the large size of the heat out of the window, we see the VGA port, IEEE1394 interface, e-SATA port, HDMI 2 high-definition interface and USB2.0 interface.

Compared to the left, the right side of the fuselage was relatively simple, this design has a DVD burner, two USB2.0 ports and a headphone / microphone jack. It is noteworthy that, as a high-end ASUS G51J entertainment notebook, it has two headphone jacks, two players can meet the demand, is a thoughtful design.

Due to the high specifications of the hardware configuration, we see that the thickness of the larger body, which is the front-end ASUS G71G battery interface design to create the space, careful observation, we found that placement of a reader here, the system status indicator lights and the wireless LAN switch, two side similar to the speaker of the window is only decoration.

3D Vision Kit: Glasses

And experience a different version of glasses, 3D Vision glasses use a special optical components, the use of visual comfort and good performance.

After a period of time you will find, 3D Vision glasses, compared with the trial version of glasses, not only in wearing comfort on a good performance, clarity, immunity to the surrounding environment is also stronger. Experience you will find the screen version of the glasses, all other objects displayed in red and blue, while the 3D Vision glasses are no problem.

In addition to wireless connectivity outside, 3D Vision glasses also support USB cable to link them more freedom to use, it can be used for the optical charging.

In fact, NVIDIA 3D Vision uses the most advanced “time law” technology, which is frequently obscured by the left and right eyes in a short time to make a slight gap between the image, and then calculated through the brain to generate a pieces of 3D stereo images. Which covered the eyes of the equipment is what we wear glasses.

Pair of glasses with the ASUS G51J display synchronization signal, the monitor output of the left eye image, the left eye lens for the ASUS G72G battery light state, while the right eye was opaque state, the right eye image in the display output when the right eye lens transmittance The left eye is opaque to the frequent switching in such a manner to make the eyes were given slightly different images to the brain to produce three-dimensional.

Here, I believe many users should know, why use a 120Hz display can achieve. Because the refresh rate is too slow to avoid, delay and visual images caused by fatigue, so at least up to 120Hz refresh rate monitor, so that each eye will be able to get 60Hz refresh rate. Of course, this is the “time law” one of the major drawbacks of technology, we recommend that players use for some time to rest his eyes.

3D Vision kit: infrared wireless transmitter
In addition to glasses, 3D Vision kit also includes a USB infrared transmitter, it can within a certain range with optical data transmission. In addition, the device can also adjust the depth of 3D image effect, users only need to toggle the knob to the rear.

Summary

Recalling the brief history of laptop, notebook from the set was, alone significantly notebook, dual graphics laptop to today’s 3D ASUS K51 battery notebook, can be said that graphics card in the product Evolution played a pivotal role. Especially in the last five years, surging consumer notebook market, users of the products of entertainment have become increasingly demanding, it gave birth to our hands this 3D notebook.

G51J is a 15-inch Asus’s “game state” notebook, focusing on product design and cool sense of personalization. Performance, the machine equipped with the latest Core i7 quad-core processor and NV GTX260M graphics, pre-installed Windows 7 64 Digital Home Premium, and the first in the mobile platform with a 3D Vision technology, to bring three-dimensional glasses, three-dimensional images to We left a deep impression.

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Revive A Dead dell inspiron 1520 Battery

January 5th, 2012 No comments

This is a successful experience to revive a dead DELL Inspiron 1520 battery of a Laptop user. But, before I proceed I just want to lay down some disclaimers below:

If your laptop is still under warranty, then by all means get the replaced!
There’s no guarantee that this tip will work with your laptop battery. If you have the money and there’s still available stock for your notebook battery, then just buy a replacement one unless you are a cheapskate.
I won’t be held responsible for any damages or injuries resulting from following this tip. You have been warned!

Now that the above has been made clear, this is DELL Inspiron 1720 battery the tip: freeze the dell ! Yup, that’s the point. However, here’s the proper way to do it in easy. Read steps below:

Remove the from the laptop
Wrap the battery with old newspaper, making sure that it envelops the battery tightly
Repeat step 2 above with at least three pieces of large sheet newspaper (if you’re using tabloid sized newspaper, then use at least five pieces)
Place the wrapped battery in the freezer compartment of your refrigerator
Let it stay in that cryogenic state for three to seven days
Once your battery has been given the frozen treatment, do not directly plug it into your notebook! Let the battery thaw to normal room temperature within the newspaper wrapping by leaving it in the open for at least half a day (overnight is recommended).

Tear off the newspaper wrapping and touch the . Does it feel cool to the touch? If so, then leave it at room temperature for a few more hours. Once it feels DELL Vostro 1700 battery just about room temperature, take a piece of tissue and wipe the contact points of the battery just in case there’s some traces of moisture there.

Once this is done, plug it in your notebook computer, plug in the power adapter and leave your notebook in “charging” state. Do not power on the notebook!

Give your battery time to fully charge (this depends on your notebook/battery model). Once you’re 100% confident that the battery is fully charged, say your prayers, cross your fingers DELL Inspiron 1521 battery and power on your notebook. If all goes well, your should be working just fine.

Although I won’t promise that this notebook battery revival method will work for your particular notebook model, it has yet to fail me on a HP, Compaq, Dell and an old IBM ThinkPad… why not just DELL Inspiron 1721 battery give it a try, what have you got to lose.

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HP Mini 110 Series Design And Performance Review

December 30th, 2011 No comments

The Internet is still a hot market is bound to the battlefield, according to the current market price of view, this cottage has been slowly near the end, while the concerns and needs of online consumer groups still active in this. To ensure quality, large PC makers always like in appearance and human design, continue to innovate. Hewlett-Packard last year released a series of Mini products, with beautiful fashion appearance and functional Compaq Mini 102 battery design, a listing of today’s youth has been sought after. Today HP has designed and innovation, recently added a new family member gave the Mini – HP Mini 110.

Using a proprietary HP Mini 110 HP Imprints “Dancer pattern” HP Imprint technique, corner arc curves better treatment effect, which gives itself beautiful fashion Mini 110, added a touch of superior sense of quality. Material is still used in ABS plastic, in our testing process, cover the surface with your fingers when pressing its case without any depression. Mini 110 has a pretty good description of the wear-resistant, stain-and scratch-resistant capabilities.

When we open the HP Mini 110, you can see from the front cover, which uses a slot-design the current mainstream. Piano paint in the surrounding border, the retraction of a 10.1-inch glossy widescreen display. In our test use, the display effect is still quite good. But unfortunately the screen resolution is only 1024 × 567, so that the resolution brought about by the small print to produce Compaq Mini 110c-1040SS battery visual experience inconvenience, but less regular than the column is not always realistic feel complete. Now almost all of the laptops are built-in camera, of course, Mini 110, too, built on top of the frame with a 1.3 megapixel camera, left and right sides of the microphone, user can at any time for business meetings and video chat.

HP Mini 110 in the clever design of the speakers at the bottom of the screen, and occupy a larger area. Benefits of this design is that it gives a larger area around the sound, and images can also closer to giving the user an immersive three-dimensional feel. However, the shaft sinking lower part of the design would speaker audio has been affected.

HP Mini 110 appearance and characteristics

Said shaft portion, the HP Mini 110 will not increase the body’s use of the thickness of the sunken shaft. However, limited by the curvature of the shaft, the machine’s screen can only reach the maximum open angle of 160 degrees. But many times we found that fast switching test, the damping force of the HP Mini 110-1150ED battery output shaft of the general, but did not loose any of the phenomenon, but the audio output of the speaker has little effect.

Small size notebook keyboard always makes special attention to the operation of a sense of comfort is not easy to make people tired, button layout more reasonable to improve the efficiency of input. HP Mini 110 to control the keyboard can be very good. Using 92% of the full-size keyboard occupies almost a full body base, the area of ​​each keycap keyboard are great, but there are some slight surface subsidence to the middle. It also uses HP’s DuraKey coating technology, this can effectively avoid prolonged use, leading to emergence of polished keycap lit situation. Keys have a good rebound efforts to ensure the handle when struck, the spacing is properly Compaq Mini 110c-1040SS battery controlled to avoid the rapid entry of time online. And the bottom of the keyboard there is the plastic film, but also the entire keyboard with a certain amount of water resistance.

Because the whole area of ​​the tray is not big, so the touchpad is relatively small, the touchpad seems to be more slender features. High sensitivity coupled with full feeling, and have not caused a small and convenient operation. However, the input ends of the touchpad keys separate, in practice really inconvenient. The switch is also located in front of the design ingenuity, in the boot state, the power switch on the left continued to issue a white light. The right of the wireless network switch is turned to blue light, red light when closed. Scattered light to the original style of the Mini 110 has added a strong sense of technology.

HP Mini 110 Interface and weight

Is a strong function of the interface to the laptop directly affect the expansion of capacity, and in the interface are often small size of the Internet it is easy to worry about. The interface for the HP Mini series, Mini 110 for a more practical improvement. Particular machine to provide a three USB2.0 interface and a VGA video output interface.
Machine on the left followed by security slot, power Compaq Mini 110c-1000SN battery connector, cooling holes, USB2.0 interface, audio input and output interfaces, in particular, to say the next audio interface, shared in the output and input in the form of an interface, more convenient in use .
Followed by the whole right side of the interface RJ-45 Ethernet port, VGA video output interfaces, multi-card reader and 2 × UBS2.0 interface. HP is also careful Ethernet card installed below the status indicator, not only allow users to understand network conditions, green and yellow lights flashing, but also brings color to the black magic of colorful elements.

HP Mini 110 in the front and back, and no interface. But in the end set the switch button, hard drive status indicator, Power mode indicator and wireless network switch button, and increased more than in the middle of a cooling hole. In the back As a result of sinking shaft design, it is impossible to Compaq Mini 110c-1110SA battery design any interface, and is easy to see the entire back is a battery. Remove the battery and you can see a SIM card slot, this card is necessary for 3G can be Fun.

Portable Internet is the most important features of the HP Mini 110′s exterior dimensions of 17.2 × 26.15 × 2.63 ~ 3.27cm cm. And weight, because the HP Mini 110 with a 2.5-inch hard drive, built-in VGA interface’s sake. Although the volume of thickening, but the weight has been progress, with the whole battery in the case of the 1.141Kg. HP does not say on the Mini 110 is the next effort of.

HP Mini 110 configuration and testing

From the design and interface layout can be seen on the HP Mini 100 battery, a lot of thought to make improvements. The Internet can be said that all current hardware configuration is similar, too, are one of the HP Mini 110, but in the processor or small advantage. I used the following we take a test under the HP Mini 110 EVERest specific configuration.

HP Mini 110 with Intel Atom N280 processor and i945GSE chipset, integrated GMA950 graphics chip, equipped with 1GB DDRII-800 memory, 160GB hard drive, built-in wireless LAN and 3G modules. This mainstream Internet configuration to meet daily needs, while also Fun 3G, all the time can swim in the network.

It is not difficult to see a production by the Fujitsu hard disk, the average read speed of 53.7MB / s, burst maximum read speed of 72.5MB / sec. Through the sequential read speed graph view, the ups and downs in the entire running relatively large magnitude, according to the value of the display, the hard drive to run is quite satisfactory. Overall health may have an impact.

HP Mini 110 heat and life

Small size of the Internet, will not close because of the internal space of the cooling effect caused by the poor? As located in the outside portable netbook battery life but also in how long? I believe these questions will become the factors affecting the purchase of the Internet. Cooling capacity HP Mini 110-1100 battery while also directly affect the stability of the laptop hardware to run, but also affect human use of comfort.

We are at room temperature 26 ℃ environment, boot HP Mini 110 runs after two hours, with infrared detection Wenyi inspection body surface and the back of the key parts of the temperature. When the temperature exceeds body temperature, there will be an uncomfortable experience. Test by infrared detection Wenyi, we see the keyboard surface temperature is very moderate, but the touch pad at higher temperatures. The back of the memory at temperatures up to 42 ℃. They still urge people not to put to use in notebook computers placed, not on their own legs to use.

HP Mini 110 more for the whole thin, with a standard 3-cell lithium-ion battery, a capacity 10.8V 28WHr. We also use BatteryMark software to test their endurance, the final score of 2 hours and 55 minutes. Can be said that this result is still in the 3-cell battery in the law-abiding.

Summary

HP Mini 110 in the extension of HP Mini 110-1011TU battery benefits beyond the traditional predecessors, and made further improvements to a variety of user-friendly design. Has a beautiful fashion appearance, less than 1 inch thick, with battery weight is only 1.141Kg, small size and light weight make it the most portable HP family of products, and ultra-portable design is Mini 110 the biggest bright spot. And then with Broadcom’s high-definition video accelerator card, you can smooth 1080p HD video playback, this netbook also solved a major bottleneck. Especially like the individuality of friends, this netbook is worth considering the best choice.

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